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MUMBAI, July 29, 2010: TCS BPO Services, the business process outsourcing arm of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)(BSE: TCS.BO, NSE: TCS.NS), the leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing firm, announced today that it has won six awards for outstanding HR leadership at the recently concluded Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2010 in Singapore. TCS BPO was nominated across six different specialty areas of HR excellence and was recognized among the frontrunners across Asia Pacific in all six of these categories, receiving the Award for Talent Management, Award for Excellence in HR through Technology, Award for Continuous Innovation in HR Strategy at Work, Award for Innovation in Recruitment, Award for Innovative Retention Strategy and Award for Excellence in Training.

The high-decibel ceremony, hosted by the Employer Branding Institute in association with the Stars of the Industry group and the World HRD Congress, was attended by the CEOs, Country Managers and HR Heads of the most coveted organizations across Asia. At the awards, a select group of organizations from Asian economies were honored, in recognition of their work in different areas of HR expertise, on the basis of their current practices as well as the strategic HR roadmap.

Commenting on the achievement, Abid Ali Neemuchwala, Global Head, TCS BPO Services said, “The entire industry has witnessed some difficult times during the last 6-7 quarters, with the BPO sector facing its own unique set of challenges. Against this backdrop, receiving not one but six honors at Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2010 bears testimony to our successes in talent acquisition, retention and development strategies, as well as innovation and technology adoption within our HR function.”

Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Global Head HR, TCS BPO Services added, “I’m very excited. We knew our HR practices were among the most competitive within the industry, but being recognized across six categories at the Asian level is extremely heartening. Our sincere, dedicated efforts towards making our HR organization nimble and technology oriented have paid through.”

TCS BPO Services recently also won the Best Employer Award at the BPO Excellence Awards 2009-2010 in Mumbai.

About Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2010

Hosted by the Employer Branding Institute, along with Stars of the Industry Group and World HRD Congress, Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards have assumed a place of pride during the last decade or so. The Employer Branding Awards have been very active in the last five years across Europe, parts of America and some parts of the Asia-Pacific region such as Singapore, Malaysia and India. The attention and spotlight has been on India because of the growth and the opportunity that it offers. The awards presented on July 23, 2010 at The Suntec, Singapore.

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPS, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™,recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 160,000 of the world's best trained IT consultants in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of over US $6.3 billion for fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.

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